A neat summary of it all. DB tried to put a positive spin on it by tallying up who we had 'signed' so far and he included Bennett, Edwards and Goodhram in that. Maybe signing different bits of paper but they were here already. The only difference with Edwards was that he turned a loan into a permanent. He's still not usable until Easter though.
Same horse, different jockey this season. We all laughed at KR for not landing players quickly enough or giving us false hope but it's happening again. It makes you wonder what occurs above the manager for us to be so ponderous in actually adding to the squad.
However, I won't be too hard on DB regardless of what happens now. He, like Manning was, is still shackled by some very expensive dead wood here that is barely usable at best in Henry, Browne and Murphy. Throw in the wages to pay Findlay as well. Just-doesn't-make-the-pitch-enough-now Bodin and out-of-favour Seddon can be binned in the summer too. Manning got us part of the way there to looking like a more balanced team but we desperately lacked options up front and still do.
Fans have been thrashing around saying all sorts of whacky things in light of Saturday's defeat. It's born out a place of frsutration because we were in second once. However, put it this way - we've had over half a season with GO'D as our second striking option. Even with the proviso that you could potentially strengthen in January, is that really what we expect from a side looking to get promoted? Even in 2019-20, we had Agyei to replace Taylor from time to time.
It's why this window and the summer will be where I'll truly judge DB. Anything this season after the mess of last year which is still being cleared up was always going to be a bonus to me.